East and Southeast Asia · Dynasty

Goryeo court, Buddhism and celadon production

918-1392 CE · Korean peninsula

Goryeo courts governed through aristocratic and bureaucratic institutions while Buddhist patronage, celadon, woodblock printing, early metal movable type and maritime exchange shaped cultural life.

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How the setting appeared

The capital at Gaegyeong, monasteries, kilns, farms, ports and fortified sites occupied a mountainous peninsula landscape.

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How people lived

Court elites, officials, monastics, commoner farmers, craftspeople and enslaved people held sharply unequal legal and economic positions.

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How people worked

Kiln specialists produced celadon, scribes and carvers made texts and woodblocks, and farmers and transport workers supplied cities and monasteries.

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Belief, ritual and worship

Buddhism received major patronage while ancestor rites, local practices and geomantic ideas continued.

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World-atlas stage: Connected medieval worlds
Region: East Asia · Korean peninsula
Languages and scripts: Early Middle Korean, incompletely attested; Classical Chinese; Idu and related character-based writing practices
Important people: Goryeo kings; Monastic patrons; Celadon and woodblock artisans
Events and changes: Dynastic consolidation from 918; Mongol invasions and negotiated submission in the 13th century; Carving of the extant Tripitaka Koreana woodblocks in the 13th century
Evidence confidence: High for dynastic and material history; medium for household experience across status groups and regions.

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Historical geography

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Evidence register

Guides used for this record

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CIT-MET-KOREA

The Arts of Korea: A Resource for Educators

https://www.metmuseum.org/-/media/files/learn/for-educators/publications-for-educators/korea.pdf

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

CIT-ESA-UNESCO-TRIPITAKA-KOREANA

Printing Woodblocks of the Tripitaka Koreana and Miscellaneous Buddhist Scriptures

https://www.unesco.org/en/memory-world/printing-woodblocks-tripitaka-koreana-and-miscellaneous-buddhist-scriptures

UNESCO Memory of the World

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